noun, verb, slang ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Various health problems and frailty observed in elderly people. colloquial, plural, plural-only

Verb

1. 1
   third-person singular simple present indicative of dwindle form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Synonyms

All synonyms

declinedecreasediminishfall awayfall offlessen

Example

More examples

"My hope of seeing her again dwindles every day."

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